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Last Friday's release Bol Bacchan saw a good opening at the box office. But due to its high price tag, it's quite early to determine its fate.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives the box office verdict for the week. Take a look.
Bol Bachchan
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, Asin, Prachi Desai
Director: Rohit Shetty.
What works: Fun dialogues.
What doesn't: Boisterous, cheesy, slapstick movie with a lacklustre script.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Opens well.
Cast: Sonu Sood, Neha Dhupia, Naseeruddin Shah, Anjana Sukhani
Director: Kabeer Kaushik.
What works: Nothing.
What doesn't: Story, script, dialogues, performances, everything...
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop.
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Cast: Veena Malik, Jackie Shroff, Shakti Kapoor, Vijay Raaj.
Director: Aanand Balraj.
What works: Nothing works for this film.
What doesn't: Too many characters, bad script, shoddily executed.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop.
Cast: Shahid Kapur, Priyanka Chopra
Director: Kunal Kohli.
What works: Good production values.
What doesn't: Too many songs, loud sentimentality and contrived writing.
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Flop.
Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Richa Chadda, Reemma Sen, Huma Qureshi, Piyush Mishra.
Director: Anurag Kashyap.
What works: Engaging story, brilliant performances, fantastic music.
What doesn't: Too much violence and bad language.
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Average.
Cast: Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, Ritwik Sahore, Paresh Rawal.
Director: Rajesh Mapuskar.
What works: Screenplay, dialogues.
What doesn't: Too much mush.
Number of weeks: 3
BO verdict: Flop
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Cast: Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin, Prosenjit Chatterjee and Pitobash Tripathy.
Director: Dibakar Banerjee.
What works: The central theme and performances.
What doesn't: Grim tone of the plot.
Number of weeks: 4
BO verdict: Flop.